MPs are discussing having an investigation into whether the prime minister misled Parliament.
"I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no party and that no Covid rules were broken."The party they were talking about is understood to be the one on 18 December 2020, described in Ms Gray's initial report as "a gathering in No 10 Downing Street ahead of the Christmas break"."several dozen" people had enjoyed food, drink and party games and it had gone on past midnight.
And we do not know whether Mr Johnson attended the gathering - if he is fined for attending it, he will have some explaining to do. If he was not there - and was told there was no party - he could argue he had not knowingly misled the House.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked: "As millions of people were locked down last year, was a Christmas party thrown in Downing Street for dozens of people on 18 December [2020]?""What I can tell the right honourable and learned gentleman is that all guidance was followed completely in No 10.
If he had been talking about the whole of the pandemic, then the statement would have been misleading. Guidance was clearly not followed in Downing Street at times and the Metropolitan Police has also reached the conclusion that the law was broken - already issuing more than 50 fines.If the prime minister was only talking about 18 December, we will have to wait for the Metropolitan Police investigation and Sue Gray's final report to know if the law was broken.
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